Oh look, he gave another 5 merits to announcement thread...
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2416310.0So in total he abused 30 source merits to announcement threads of his favorite coins... Why this guy can be a merit source... He should be red tagged...
May be he's not a merit source
It doesn't look to me like that account is a merit source. :/
In addition to the fact that he wrote that he was designated as a merit source and that there is a clear transition of his merit sending history, one can explicitly check that he is a merit source as follows: Using the formula theymos provided and taking his rank Sr. Member and his register date March 15, 2017, his initial smerit should be less than
9.5 months / 12 months * 0.25 * 250 = 50
He has earned 16 merits = 8 smerits so far so his smerit is less than 58 in total if he is not a source. However, he has sent 92 smerit in total, so he is a source.
The exact formula was:
yearActivity = activity in the last ~year, max 378
freeMerit = the merit (not sMerit) you started with
modifier =
0.1 if member
0.2 if full member
0.25 if sr member
0.35 if hero
0.4 if legendary
return (yearActivity/378) * modifier * freeMerit